sound barrier

Example Sentences

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"Even during our religious holidays, even on Good Friday, jets fly over us and break the sound barrier just to scare us," al-Jamal said.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Turns out, it wasn’t a language barrier, it was a sound barrier.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

Chief Executive Bryon Hargis said it isn’t the straightforward engineering of quintupling the sound barrier that has held the U.S. back, but the manufacturing challenge of mass-producing weapons that can do so reliably and economically.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Along the coast in the city of Tyre, Israeli jets are swooping low, breaking the sound barrier - but the beach below is more crowded.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2024

It is usually easy to do homework in class because Mr. Stet- man’s voice creates a gentle, white-noise sound barrier.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson